Q: Is 7,710,864 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,710,864 a composite number?

A composite number is a number that can be divided evenly by more numbers than 1 and itself. It is the opposite of a prime number.

The number 7,710,864 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 42 48 53 56 84 106 112 159 168 212 318 336 371 424 433 636 742 848 866 1,113 1,272 1,299 1,484 1,732 2,226 2,544 2,598 2,968 3,031 3,464 4,452 5,196 5,936 6,062 6,928 8,904 9,093 10,392 12,124 17,808 18,186 20,784 22,949 24,248 36,372 45,898 48,496 68,847 72,744 91,796 137,694 145,488 160,643 183,592 275,388 321,286 367,184 481,929 550,776 642,572 963,858 1,101,552 1,285,144 1,927,716 2,570,288 3,855,432 and 7,710,864, with no remainder.

Since 7,710,864 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,710,864, it is a composite number.

More Examples

• All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).